Metal partition and furring for buildings.



No. 640,445. Patented Ian. 2, I900. I COLLINS.

NIETAL PARTITION AND FURRING FOR BUILDINGS.

(Application filed Oct. 5, 1899.)

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WIETAL PARTITION AND FUBRING FOR BUILDINGS.

(Application filed Oct. 5, 1899.)

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CORNElLlUS COLLINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 6O/id5, dated January2, 1900.

Application filed October 5, 1899. Serial No. 782,650. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, CORNELIUS COLLINS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Metal Partitions and Furring forBuildings; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

lily invention relates to a construction for building material.

It consists in the formation of material for partitions, furring,ceilings, and the like, made of sheet metal formed and united insections to provide the required support for metallic and other lathingwhich is fixed thereon for the purpose of receiving the mortar and forother equivalent purposes.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figures 1, 2, 3, and i show different forms forconstructing partitions. Fig. 5 shows my invention for wall-furring, andFig. 6 for ceiling'furring.

The object of my invention is to construct a light and rigid metallicframework which will serve for partitions, furring, ceilings, and othersubdividing structures. In the formation of these structures I employstrips or sheets of metal A, which are slotted or cut so as to providestrips B, which remain connected at one end with the parts A and arebent outwardly therefrom and extended across at any desired an gle,so asto be clamped, riveted, or otherwise united to the next adja cent partA. These parts A may be arranged either vertically or horizontally inthe construction of upright partitions, and they may be similarlyconstructed for ceiling purposes.

In Fig. 1 l have shown the parts A arranged horizontally, with strips 13cut away along the edges, leaving one end united with the part A. Thesestrips are bent upward or downward and are riveted, crimped, orotherwise clamped to the neat adjacent strips A, so as to form, as hereshown, vertical and horizontal crossing strips, which when used as a partition leave an interspace between those upon opposite sides. Thelathing, which may be metallic and of any wellknown or suitabledescription, is then flXGCl to the opposite sides of the partition bytwisted wires or other suitable clamping devices which will hold it inplace.

In Figs. 2, 3, and i I have shown the strips A standing vertically andhaving the strips B cut out of the central portion, the strips A beingof suflicient width to form the thickness of the partition. The strips13 remain attached at one end to the parts A and are then bent eitherdiagonally or at any other desired angle, so that their free ends extendto the next adjacent vertical strip A, to which they are united, asbefore described. hen employed for fur-ring, they may be made as shownin Figs. 5 an d 6, the strips B being cut on one side of the strips Aand secured as previously described. The strips B are then secured tothe wall by clamps D or other suitable fastenings, and the strips A,)rojecting outwardly into the room, serve for the fastening of thelaths, as previously described. Where these strips meet the floor, theceiling, and the walls, they may be bent at right angles, as shown at O,and fixed to the floor, ceiling, or walls, so as to give them a rigidsupport. When employed for ceiling purposes, they are cut and bent in amanner similar to that previously described and are suspended from the Ior other beams or structure which forms the ceiling or floor above byhook or other bolts and clamps, as shown at D. It will be understoodthat these strips may be cut in any desired manner to produce aparticular form of partition or structure de sired, and when set up theyform a light, rigid, and economical partition or structure well adaptedfor use in buildings and for the support of lathing or other finishingsurface.

If the partition or structure is wide, a plurality of strips 13 may beformed within the width of the parts A and so connected as to increasethe stiffness laterally.

The structure may be also used for flooring, as a support for concreteor other filling material when used, and the structure may oxtendthrough from the floor above to the ceilin g beneath.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A structure consisting of sheets of metal having strips cuttherefrom, one end of said strips being free of, and the other endremain.

10 the other end remaining connected with the main sheet, said separatedstrips being bent to extend across the space between the adjacent mainsheet and having their free ends fixed to the next adjacent sheet of thestriic ture.

3. A building or like structure consisting of parallel metallic sheetseach having strips cut therefrom and remaining attached thereto at oneend, and having the opposite or free ends attached to an adjacent sheet.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CORNELIUS COLLINS. Witnesses: S. H. NOURSE, J ESSIE O. BRODIE.

